Former Guns N'Roses manager Alan Niven has claimed that Axl Rose collects half of the band's income.
Niven, who managed the band from 1986 to 1991, made these comments while speaking with the Guns N'Roses themed podcast, Appetite For Distortion.
"It's a control thing with Axl", Niven told podcast host, Brando Weissle. "Here's another little snapshot that is illuminating and goes to forming a correct perception. Axl takes 50% of the income of Guns N' Roses now. 50%, okay? That, to me, is anathema. He is not Guns N' Roses".
"They were five individuals. It was a chemistry. It was a moment. But Axl wants to be in control of everything all the time. And look what that gets you. A boring solo record and a shitty thing of punk covers. And that's it".
It appears that Alan Niven was speaking about Guns N'Rose' albums, 'The Spaghetti Incident' (1993), and 'Chinese Democracy' (2008).
This is also not the first time that Alan Niven has criticised Axl Rose.
In a 2022 interview, Niven said of Rose: "I have no hope of, or interest in, a new Guns N’ Roses album. The tantrums of youth look absurd on a 60-year-old. It’s a shame they have been creatively impotent since 1991".
Back in March, former Guns N'Roses drummer Frank Ferrer spoke about his departure from the band. More on this here.
